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17. The Art of Getting By. Fox Searchlight Pictures / Gigi Films / Goldcrest Films. Gavin Wiesen (director/screenplay); Freddie Highmore, Emma Roberts, Michael Angarano, Elizabeth Reaser, Sam Robards, Rita Wilson, Blair Underwood, Alicia Silverstone, Marcus Carl Franklin, Sasha Spielberg, Jarlath Conroy, Ann Dowd.
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January
1. January 1 – Estonia starts using the eurocurrency. 2. January 1 – Start of Hungary's Presidency of the European Union 3. January 1 – Dilma Rousseff becomes Brazil's first female President. 4. January 4 – A solar eclipse is seen over most of Europe, North Africa and western Asia. 5. January 4 – Tunisian fruit seller Mohamed Bouazizi dies after setting himself on firein an act of protest. 6. January 7 – The 2011 AFC Asian Cup is held in Qatar, until January 29, won by Japan. 7. January 8 – T...
February
1. February 1 – 2011 Egyptian protests: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak announces his intention to resign after elections in September. The following day, pro-Mubarak and anti-Mubarak protesters clash violently in central Cairo. 2. February 3 – Tropical Cyclone Yasi hits Queensland, Australia. 3. February 6 – A centennial celebration is held all over the United States to celebrate the 100th birthday of Ronald Reagan. 4. February 11 – 2011 Egyptian protests: President Hosni Mubarak resigns, a...
March
1. March 9 – Enda Kenny becomes Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland. 1.1. Space Shuttle Discoveryreturns from its last space mission before its retirement. 2. March 10 – Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, announces his intention to stand down from his official powers, and to transfer them to an elected official. 3. March 11 – An earthquake of magnitude 9.1 strikes near Sendai on the east coast of the island of Honshu, Japan, causing a lot of damage and triggering tsunamis, with warnings iss...
January 2 - Pete Postlethwaite, English actor (b. 1946)January 4 - Gerry Rafferty, Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1947)February 28 - Jane Russell, American actress (b. 1921)March 23 - Elizabeth Taylor, English-American actress (b. 1932)Physiology or Medicine: Bruce Beutler, Jules Hoffmann, Ralph SteinmanPhysics: Saul Perlmutter, Adam G. Riess, Brian P. SchmidtChemistry: Dan ShechtmanLiterature: Tomas TranstromerJanuary 6 – Epiphany, Three Kings Day (Christianity)January 7 – Christmas (Eastern Christianity) (on January 6 in Armenia)January 14 – Makar Sankranti, HinduismFebruary 1 – Imbolc, a Cross-quarter dayMovies
1. The Taiwanese movie Millennium Mambo(2001) where a woman narrates from 2011 about her life 10 years earlier. 2. The movie Revengers Tragedy (2003) is set in a dystopian Liverpool in the year 2011, following the aftermath of a natural disaster which has destroyed the southern half of Great Britain.
Television
1. The Heroestelevision series visits 2011 in several different potential futures. 2. In the Aeon Fluxtelevision series and movie, 99% of the world's population is wiped out by a mysterious virus in the year 2011.
Computer and video games
1. Call of Duty: Black Ops(2011) 2. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky(2008) 3. Persona 4(2008) 4. Fallout 3(2008) 5. Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising (2009) 6. Max Payne 3(2010) 7. Heavy Rain(2010) 8. Fallout: New Vegas(2010) 9. Homefront(2011)
All motion pictures made and exhibited before 1929 are indisputably in the public domain in the United States. This date will move forward one year, every year, meaning that films released in 1929 will enter the public domain in 2025, films from 1930 in 2026, and so on, concluding with films from 1977 entering the public domain in 2073.
The following is an overview of the events of 2011 in film, including the highest-grossing films, film festivals, award ceremonies and a list of films released and notable deaths. More film sequels were released in 2011 than any other year before it, with 27 sequels released.
This category has the following 16 subcategories, out of 16 total. A. 2011 action movies (11 P) 2011 adventure movies (5 P) 2011 animated movies (13 P) 2011 anime movies (2 P) B. 2011 buddy movies (5 P) C. 2011 comedy movies (2 C, 23 P) 2011 crime movies (1 C, 5 P) D. 2011 documentary movies (3 P) 2011 drama movies (3 C, 21 P) F.
Box office. $41.1 million [4] 50/50 is a 2011 American comedy-drama film directed by Jonathan Levine, written by Will Reiser, and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Anjelica Huston. The film is loosely inspired by Reiser's own experience with cancer, with Rogen's character Kyle based on Rogen himself.
Release date. March 4, 2011. Country. United States. Language. English. Budget. $135–$150 million. Rango is a 2011 American computer-animated western comedy film directed by Gore Verbinski and produced by Verbinski, Graham King and John B. Carls.
